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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicPresident Xi Jinping

Topic: President Xi Jinping

A message for class of 2020, Boris Johnson’s sinking Titanic & anti-maskers of Covid era

The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

China dares Trump to hit back with Hong Kong power grab

China Friday said that it would effectively bypass Hong Kong's legislature to implement national security laws, which have long been resisted by residents.

The 5 flashpoints to watch as US-China relations go into a free fall

US-China relations have worsened dramatically in recent months. These are five main areas where the two countries are in conflict.

Xi Jinping faces a threat: China’s millions of newly jobless people

The widespread struggle to earn cash risks turning into a big political problem for Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Trump and Jinping’s kung-fu & why Manmohan Singh feels ‘aatma santusht’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Covid-19 crisis revives worst-case scenario for US-China relationship

From supply chains and visas to cyberspace and Taiwan, the world’s two largest economies are escalating disputes across several fronts that never really fell silent.

Trump promises conclusive proof that Covid-19 has origins in China and Beijng misled world

While US President Trump reiterated his claim on the virus' origins, he declined to directly criticize President Xi Jinping, who he called a 'strong leader'.

China will never accept global inquiry into the source of Covid-19

China has started its own campaign to blame US for spread of coronavirus. Even Chinese researchers looking into the origin of the virus are facing extra scrutiny.

China didn’t spare the Uyghurs even in times of pandemic, pushed them to Covid frontlines

China has sent thousands of Uyghurs to its manufacturing powerhouses at Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangzi and Zhejiang to keep its factories after the lockdown.

Clashes at Hubei-Jiangxi border reveal cracks in China’s road to recovery after Covid-19

Among other issues, officials are under the pump to get migrant workers back to work as quickly as possible, after the lockdown drained them of cash and disrupted their lives.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.